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By: Diogenes

Diogenes — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:24:30 +0000

Actually, the Supreme Court decided Kelo on a state's rights basis, saying that Mrs. Kelo's property was taken in accordance with Conn. state eminent domain law, and that as repugnant as the outcome may have been to many people, it was up to the citizens of Conn. to change it if they wished.

By: JMB

JMB — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:03:22 +0000

“ Passed by the same 5th Congress that passed the The Alien and Sedition Acts.”

(Sorry people) I just had to see that awesome truth expressed, one more time.

Damn good!

By: Della Creighton

Della Creighton — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:54:33 +0000

I beleive the constitution is quit clear and understandable and very applicable to our times. The problem is the political distortion of it… the ends justifiy the means the pervertion of the constitution has been done by progresives of both parties and by the bench.

By: Monorprise

Monorprise — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:20:45 +0000

They are currently spending and attempting to Tax well in excess of 18%. The reason some of them are willing to pass a balance budget amendment limiting them 18-20% is because that is all they can realistically get out of us anyway.

By: Monorprise

Monorprise — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:17:02 +0000

"As you have pointed out, however, the measure was not passed until nearly a decade after the ratification of the Constitution. This renders it only weak evidence, if it is evidence at all, of the understanding at the ratification. "

Passed by the same 5th Congress that passed the The Alien and Sedition Acts. I don't think the Constitution meant too terribly much to the 5th Congress.

By: Jeff Matthews

Jeff Matthews — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 23:33:37 +0000

You are one of the few that sees the flaw in the whole scheme. I don't know that I have enough wit and reason to design a better one, though. It's just sort of "the way it is."

By: Len

Len — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:48:03 +0000

Uh Dave, Lincoln threw that pesky thing out to force people to be submitted to a government they no longer wanted .It's a ridiculous assertion that people or states are somehow bound to instruments of governance. Not that the violations weren't numerous up to that time. It's just silly to contend that the US constitution is still in effect.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:00:17 +0000

Uh, Len. When was the Constitution 'thrown out' as the legitmizing instrument of authority? Guess I missed that.
We have innumberable laws on the books that were written with the understanding of the times when they were passed? By your arguement, all laws should be thrown out periodically, and passed with 'new' understanding. That would lead to total anarchy.

The Constitution is the bedrock of this country. It can only be changed by Amendments.

There are a lot of Progressives who would like to get rid of that pesky document and rule by decree, like the current occupant of the White House. However, We the People have something to say about that.

By: patriot1789

patriot1789 — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:28:48 +0000

We are the few, the knowledgeable, the outvoted.